NYC correction captain pleads not guilty to attempted murder

Brian Martin, 36, was arrested Saturday, Dec. 22, 2013, after a dispute with his wife, 39, turned into assault and he shot her in the face, Nassau County police said. He is charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal use of a firearm. Photo Credit: NCPD

Brian Martin, 36, was arrested Saturday, Dec. 22, 2013, after a dispute with his wife, 39, turned into assault and he shot her in the face, Nassau County police said. He is charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal use of a firearm. (Credit: NCPD)

A New York City Correction Department captain pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Tuesday after a December shooting that authorities said shattered bones in his wife's face and left a bullet fragment in her neck.

Court records show Roosevelt resident Brian Martin faces four felonies as part of a grand jury indictment that followed his Dec. 21 arrest.

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A New York City Correction Department captain pleaded not guilty to attempted murder Tuesday after a December shooting that authorities said shattered bones in his wife's face and left a bullet fragment in her neck.

Court records show Roosevelt resident Brian Martin faces four felonies as part of a grand jury indictment that followed his Dec. 21 arrest.

Court records show the defendant told police the two had a fight, she punched him in the eye and they struggled. "We were fighting and she went to grab the gun and it went off," Brian Martin said, according to court records.

Hammock also said that the defendant called 911 and did what he could to treat his wife's injuries after the gunfire.

A law enforcement source said authorities suspended the defendant from his job as a correction captain at Rikers Island after his arrest, and that the victim also works there as a correction officer.

The victim was in court for the arraignment as a prosecutor described her injuries and asked Nassau County Judge Helene Gugerty to increase the defendant's $100,000 bail to $500,000. The judge upped Martin's bail to $350,000 bond or $150,000 cash, and he was returned to custody.

Assistant District Attorney Amanda Burke said the victim, who has had surgery and will need more, now has metal plates in her face because the shooting shattered bones and knocked out most of her teeth.

She also said the indictment included charges linked to four other domestic violence incidents before the shooting that didn't result in calls to police.